HARARE – President Robert Mugabe is seen prising Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa out of the Justice ministry but let him retain the vice presidency in his mooted Cabinet reshuffle, analysts said yesterday. Mugabe told a meeting of the ruling Zanu PF youth wing in Harare on Saturday that there might be some changes in government…
HARARE – Top government officials and other high-ranking Zimbabwean citizens have been fingered in murky dealings involving a convict who acted as a middleman for American businesses in a development that has exposed how the well-heeled in Zanu PF are making a killing through influence peddling, the Daily News can report. The exposé burst into…
HARARE – As we fast approach next year’s crucial elections, political analysts are already working on possible scenarios that might emerge before, during and after the plebiscite. While it is difficult to tell with certainty how the situation could pan out in the coming months given that a day in the life of a politician…
HARARE – Dust was still settling from Grace Mugabe and Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko’s grenade attack on Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa, when a neat trio of grim economic indicators slipped out. Grace’s outlandish claim that Mnangagwa and his allies were plotting a power grab that was tantamount to a coup, overshadowed a substantial increase in…
HARARE – Government is moving to banish vendors from the streets of Harare, in a move likely to spark outrage among hordes of hawkers who have poured into Harare’s streets to eke out an honest living. This comes as economic experts have said the hardships afflicting Zimbabwe have reduced the country to one of vendors,…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe will reshuffle his Cabinet this week in a desperate bid to weed out elements perceived as fomenting discord in his stuttering government. Mugabe told Zanu PF youths at his party headquarters in Harare yesterday that he was wielding the axe on poor-performing members of his bloated Cabinet. As first reported…
HARARE – Government has gazetted the sharp hike in departure fees for air travellers using national carrier Air Zimbabwe. Statutory Instrument ( SI) 115/2017 gazetted last week legalises the doubling of departure fees – to $10 per person on domestic flights, and to $30 per person on international flights. The fees go to the Aviation…
HARARE – Two more commuter omnibus touts accused for causing the death of a man at Roadport Bus Terminus while jostling for passengers appeared in court yesterday. Police have since launched a manhunt for the rest of the team who disappeared from the scene after realising that the now-deceased Mathias Gore had died. Ngonidzashe Ndlovu,…
HARARE – Caledonia may soon be an independent township that is neither under Mashonaland East nor Harare, Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere has said. Kasukuwere said this while answering questions in the Senate on Thursday. Movement for Democratic Change senator for Manicaland David Chimhini had asked which province the settlement fell under and when proper…
HARARE – A 34-year-old Hurungwe woman whose father allegedly raped her repeatedly as a teenager says her family concealed the abuse. The woman came forward with the allegations against her father 20 years after the abuse. Her entire family, aunt and grandmother, warned her against reporting the abuse by her father. Her father, now 56,…
